The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-11
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that extent, mostly owned and operated by
Americans, and meanwhile the public revenues
have more than doubled.
THE gospel according to st. Mark, in raised
Chinese characters, has been published for the
use of the blind in China This is the 250th Ian
guage in which portions of the Bible have been
printed for the blind scripture-readers.
Col. MAPLEsoN has a soprano, now called
Niquito, who, he says, was ''born in Virginia, in
the southern part of North America, - and was
stolen by the Indians of Niagara in her youth.
Her voice is not so interesting as her history.
A WATERMELON bought of Will Eaton, of Ro-
chele, H., was found to contain, in the very
centre of the core. a silver dollar closely wrap
ped in 81 silver certificate. There wasn't a
scratch on the melon to show that it had been
tempered with.
THERE is a citizen of San Bernardino, Cal,
says the Courier of that place, who years ago
decided that kissing was wicked, because Christ
was betrayed with a kiss. He has been married
twenty years and is the father of eleven chill
dren, but has never kissed his wife nor one of
his offspring.
The gross earnings ON sixtyseven railroads
during the half year showed an increase of 10
per cent, while the net earnings of the same
roads for the same period showed an increase
too, for only eight roads showed decreases in
their net returns for the same period.
IT is stated in various papers, as a curious
effect of the electric light that in several of the
public buildings in Washington its use has led to
an enormous increase in the number of spiders
webs. The lights attract multitudeS of insects,
and the insects in turn attract the spiders 1t is
complained that in many cases architectural
outlines have become badly obscured
GOLDEN TROUT are only found in the brooks of
Mount Whitney, up near the banks of perpetual
snow. They have a golden stripe down each
side, and are the most beautiful fish that swim.
1t is said that those who saw the first specimens
of these trout that were brought down from the
head of Whitney creek thought they were made
up for the show, and that stripes of gold leaf
had been glued to their sides.
COVERED buttons were introduced by NJ.
Sander He lost his fortune in Denmark when
Lord Nelson bombarded Copenhagen, and came
over to England to try and earn a little money,
not dreaming that he would more than recoup
himself for what he had lost. He introduced
first a covered button consisting of cloth or
J lasting. with an iron shank. His son improved
this into what is called the flexible shank but
ton, which, when made of silk, however, soon
wore out
WHO are the people that leave money on de-
post and fail to call for it? little information
on this point comes from Connecticut, which
has eighty-four savings banks, at present, not
over twenty of the number coming under the
law requiring reports concerning unknown de-
positors. The amount of deposits which have
remained without claimants for twenty years is
known to be over SIS 000 OF this S21 900 is held
by the Society for Savings in Hartford S17, 600
by the New London Savings Bank, Sl2500 by
the Norwich Savings Bank, $1,000 by the Bridge
port Savings Bank, $1,000 by the Middletown,
and not far from $4,000 by the Norwalk Savings
Bank.
WILLIAM 7. STANsBURY, a compositor en-
ployed on the Baltimore Sun, Friday last COM
pleted his f1ftieth year in the service of that
paper. He never wore eyeglasses, a remarkable
fact in view of the ordeal to which his sight has
been subjected in one-half century of setting
type an occupation trying to the vision. So
good, indeed, are his eyes that according to the
foreman of the paper he sets the matter of the
money column of the Sun every night in agate
the smallest type used in the composing room,
and That, too, without the slightest trouble.
Mr.. Stansbury was warmly congratulated by
his brother artisans on his long and honored
service.
AUGUSTUS VAN CoRTLANDT and his family still
| occupy the old Van Cortlandt manor house that
has stood for more than century and half
in the centre of the beautiful tract of LOO
acres beyond the Harlem river that under the
old family name is to become New York S
| greatest park. They expect to receive some
| thing like million dollars compensation from
| the city for their property thus appropriated,
although the appraisements have not yet been
| finished. The manor house. which still is in an
excellent state of preservation, might well be
carefully cared for by the city one of the few
remaining interesting relics of colonial times
and customs within the city limits
A NUMBER of French Professionals assembled
the other day on a table land called Plan de Font
Morte, the scene of three skirmishes with Louis
XIV.'s troops in 1702-1704 to witness the unveil-
ing of a stone commemorating the martyrs of
that time, and the centenary of the edict recog-
nizing Protestant marriageS-the first step to-
ward religious liberty. Thirty pastors were
present, and an outdoor service was held the
sermon being preached by NJ Vigue. On the
mOnolith is inscribed: "a loccasion du CEN
tenaire de Edit de Tolerance les fills des Hue1le-
nots ont, sur lie theatre des anciens combats,
eleve ce monument la paix religieuse ct Ia
memoire des martyrs
THERE is a firm in Philadelphia which plants
pictures by the yard. The work is simple. A
piece of canvass nearly 100 feet long is stretched
in gallery shaped like a corridor On each
picture. which, by the way, costs 81 So five
men are employed. Each man has his particu-
lar line. One puts in the foreground another
the background, and still another does the
clouds and cows that you see browsing in the
pasture A fourth man does the trees and
shrubbery. In this way they are enabled to
work fast. In exactly three hours five of those
landscapes were finished, which is 80 minutes
time given to each. The fifth man does the
finishing touches, and perhaps performs more
and better work than any of the others.
THE Pacific Ocean boundary of the United
States has greater extent of coast line than
the Atlantic shore. The aggregate of our shore
line on the Pacific is 10, 734 miles, whilst on the
Atlantic it is 1850 miles, and on the Gulf of
Mexico 6,843. California; ontains 1. 1856 miles of
the coast line on the Pacific, whilst she has also
272 miles OF island shore and 240 miles of tide
water river shore, making altogether ,64S miles
OF shore line. Texas has an actual coast line on
the Gulf of 200 miles, whilst Florida has / IA
on the Gulf and 1863 miles ON the Atlantic so
that both exceed California in this particular
II was the annexation of Alaska that promoted
the Pacific coast to higher figure than the At
These figures are taken from the coast survey
reports
JOSEPH W. SAVAGE, of Railway, n. J., recently
married Susan c. Pike, of Plainfeld. The
grooms father, exMayor Savage was married
three times; the brides twice. The latter's first
wife was the daughter of the present eroom's
fathers daughter by his first wife The son
just married was born of the second marriage
and became the husband of the daughter of Mr.
Pike by his first marriage. Thus ex. Mayor Saw
age was Mr.. Pixies brother-in-law: es-Mavor
Savages daughter, by marrying Mr. Pike. he
came sister-in-law to her own father; Young
Joseph Savage, being the son of Mr. Pixies sis.
ter, Is his nephew; being the half brother OF
Mr.. Pixies first wife, he is also his brotherin-
law, ana by his marriage last week TO Mr. Pixies
daughter became son-in-law: thus Mr. Pike is
uncle aud brother-in-law TO his son.in law and
the recent bride, Mrs. Joseph w. Savage. is
cousin and niece 10 her husband, and conse-